Remember back in April when there was concern, real or not, that N.C. State might not have enough scholarship players left on its roster to field a basketball team next season?

Not anymore.

Coach Mark Gottfried strengthened an increasingly more impressive recruiting class Monday with the addition of four-star prospect Markell Johnson. The 6-foot-1 guard from Cleveland, who reclassified to the Class of 2016 last month, officially committed to State by submitting a national letter of intent and an approved financial aid agreement.

He chose State over ACC rivals Louisville and Virginia Tech, along with several other schools.

Johnson averaged 31.6 points, 7.4 rebounds and 3.5 steals per game as a junior at East Tech High School last season while leading his team to a 21-4 record and its third straight conference championship.

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He is the third highly rated player signed by the Wolfpack since the end of the 2016-17 season. His addition continues a strong comeback that has seen Gottfried replenish a roster that appeared dangerously thin after underclassmen Cat Barber, Abdul-Malik Abu and BeeJay Anya entered the NBA draft and twins Caleb and Cody Martin announced their intention to transfer.

Abu and Anya eventually withdrew their names from the draft and returned to school. Around the same time, State also added five-star Turkish big man Omer Yurtseven and three-star wing Darius Hicks — who joined an incoming freshman class that already included the nation’s top-ranked point guard prospect, Dennis Smith Jr.